Alexander Sammon is a New York-based writer. He writes about politics, inequality, and environmental issues. His work has appeared in the New Republic, Mother Jones, and the New York Times.
A Local Food Revolution in Puerto Rico
At farms like Cosechas Tierra Viva in Las Piedras, run by Eduardo Burgos and Franco Marcano, where they grow kale, arugula, green beans, and eggplant for local farmers’ markets, the storm kicked them into high gear. Just a month after Maria’s landfall, they converted the farm to run exclusively on solar energy and shifted their irrigation system’s source to rainwater.
October 1, 2018